Sebastian Durandeu
Writing & Editing Developer
Sebastian is a full-stack software engineer with a primary focus on building web applications and services for the cloud using Microsoft technologies. For 10+ years, he has helped build custom software solutions for multiple Fortune 500 companies (Microsoft, GSK, and others). He believes his strengths are his attention to detail and best practices, together with very strong communication and reporting skills.
Portfolio
Experience
C# - 8 yearsWriting & Editing - 8 yearsAzure - 6 yearsJavaScript - 5 yearsHTTP - 5 yearsASP.NET MVC - 5 yearsTeamCity - 3 yearsNode.js - 3 yearsLocation
Availability
Preferred Environment
GitHub, Visual Studio
The most amazing...
...project I've contributed to was building demos to be presented live in a huge Microsoft developers' event for several thousand attendees.
Work Experience
Technical Manager
Southworks
- Led different projects, across a 2.5-year timespan, developing and maintaining one of Microsoft's core marketing and documentation sites. Focused not only on development activities but also on code review, customer communication, and work organization/prioritization.
- Contributed to the development and maintenance of a documentation publishing workflow based on Azure WebJobs.
- Spent three months on an on-site project at Microsoft Campus in Redmond (USA), working with the engineering team that ingests new partners to the Azure Marketplace. Developed continuous testing infrastructure for validating partners' API implementations.
- Worked on the front-end for a new videos platform for SharePoint Online Services. The front-end included both a SharePoint app and a Windows 8 app and interacted with the SharePoint APIs.
- Led different projects for the Developer and Platform Evangelism (DPE) Division from Microsoft to create content for evangelizing Microsoft's latest development technologies and frameworks, mostly around the Windows Azure Platform and the Microsoft Web Stack. Some of these projects involved writing technical guidance that shows how to implement common scenarios and get to working solutions (e.g., Microsoft Azure Training Kit). Others involved creating reusable content, like APIs and toolkits, to help the developer community adopt new technologies and frameworks (e.g., WebMatrix Helpers or OData API for Visual Studio TFS).
- Worked on-site at Microsoft Campus in Redmond (USA), helping to create and deliver live keynote demos for the //BUILD/ 2012 and 2013 conferences.
- Contributed to the Delivery team (a.k.a. PMO), in charge of resource allocation, project forecasting, and monitoring. Assisted account managers with developing new opportunities. Assisted with recruiting and performance reviews of development teams.
- Led projects for GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), helping in the development of their company-wide identity platform, which was based on claims-based identity and Microsoft ADFS (Active Directory Federation Services).
Experience
Opiniones Nube: TiendaNube Rating Store App
http://opinionesnube.com/Vinti
Azure Storage Essentials
https://www.packtpub.com/virtualization-and-cloud/microsoft-azure-storage-essentialsPersonal Blog
http://sebastiandurandeu.wordpress.com/Southworks Blog
Skills
Languages
C#, JavaScript, SQL
Frameworks
Entity, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web API, .NET, Windows PowerShell, Selenium, Bootstrap 3, Ionic, Knockout (Knockout.js), AngularJS
Tools
TeamCity, Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual Studio Online (VSO), Visual Studio, GitHub, NuGet, Grunt, ADFS
Paradigms
Scrum, REST, Continuous Deployment, Agile Software Development, Windows App Development, Unit Testing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Asynchronous Programming
Platforms
Azure, Shopify, Windows Phone, SharePoint
Storage
Azure Queue, Azure Blobs, Azure Tables, Azure Websites, Azure Active Directory, MongoDB
Other
IIS, HTTP, Writing & Editing, Microsoft Web, OData
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, Moq, GitHub API
Education
Engineering (with Honors: +8/10 GPA) Degree in Software Engineering
University of Buenos Aires - Buenos Aires